BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 18A
BUILDING REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 18A
18A . Certificate of design compliance — contents (s. 19(5))
(1) For the purposes
of section 19(5), a certificate of design compliance must contain the
following things —
(a) a
statement by the building surveyor signing the certificate identifying the
edition of the Building Code that contained the requirements mentioned in
regulation 31A(2) applied by the building surveyor in respect of the
building or incidental structure;
(b) if a
declaration under section 39 has been made in respect of the building
that is the subject of the application, a statement to that effect;
(c) if
the certificate of design compliance is in respect of a Class 2 to Class 9
building or an incidental structure associated with such a
building —
(i)
a statement about each performance solution to a building
standard that applies to the building work; and
(ii)
details of the assessment methods set out in the Building
Code Volume One Part A2 governing requirement A2G2 that were used to
establish compliance with the building standard;
(d) if
the certificate of design compliance is in respect of a Class 2 to Class 9
building —
(i)
details of any advice given by the FES Commissioner in
respect of the plans and specifications provided under regulation 18B(1);
and
(ii)
details of any notification given by the building
surveyor to the FES Commissioner under regulation 15A(1);
(e) if
the certificate of design compliance is in respect of a Class 1,
Class 2 or Class 3 building or an associated Class 10a building
or deck that is, or is proposed to be, located less than 6 metres from
the Class 1, Class 2 or Class 3 building —
(i)
a statement about whether the building or deck is, or is
proposed to be, located in a bush fire prone area; and
(ii)
if the building or deck is, or is proposed to be, located
in an area that is a bush fire prone area and, in accordance with
regulation 31BA(1) or 31D, a bush fire performance requirement
applies to the building or deck — the additional information
referred to in subregulation (2).
(2) For the purposes
of subregulation (1)(e)(ii), the additional information is —
(a) in
all cases —
(i)
the BAL for the building site; or
(ii)
if another measure has been used to assess compliance
with a bush fire performance requirement — details of the measure
used and the results of that assessment;
and
(b) in
the case of a Class 1 building —
(i)
a statement about each performance solution to the bush
fire performance requirement that is proposed to be used; and
(ii)
details of the assessment method used to establish
compliance with that requirement.
[Regulation 18A inserted: Gazette
18 Dec 2012 p. 6559; amended: Gazette 5 Apr 2016
p. 1016‑17; 8 Aug 2017 p. 4345; SL 2020/46
r. 4; SL 2021/42 r. 5; SL 2022/162 r. 7.]